HOUSTON — McCord Development has broken ground on Lockwood Business Park, a 25-acre industrial flex campus situated within Generation Park, a 4,000-acre, master-planned development in northeast Houston. The industrial project will comprise three buildings totaling approximately 163,000 square feet built on a speculative basis. Completion of Lockwood Business Park is scheduled for the first half of 2018, according to the Houston Business Journal.
SAN ANTONIO — Castle Lanterra Properties has purchased Agave, a 349-unit, Class A multifamily community located at 633 S. Saint Mary’s St. near downtown San Antonio. The property, which was built in 2016, features amenities such as a resort-style pool, outdoor kitchen and gaming area, fitness center and a yoga studio. A joint venture between Greystar and asset management firm The Carlyle Group sold the property to Castle Lanterra for an undisclosed price.
LAND O’LAKES, FLA. — Wood Partners has sold Alta at Terra Bella, a 311-unit multifamily community located at 23700 Viento Drive in Land O’Lakes, about 19 miles north of Tampa. Northland Investment Corp. purchased the Class A asset from Wood Partners for nearly $52.9 million. Matt Mitchell, Brett Moss and Zach Nolan of HFF represented Wood Partners in the transaction. Built in 2016, Alta at Terra Bella features a zero-entry saltwater swimming pool; outdoor summer kitchen; fitness center with yoga room and children’s playroom; clubhouse with sports lounge; game room with billiards, shuffleboard and kitchen/bar seating; cyber café; dog wash and dog park; and breezeway-access garages. The community’s one-, two- and three-bedroom units average 1,091 square feet.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — American Realty Advisors and Stonemar Properties have partnered to acquire Ballantyne Village, a 171,559-square-foot mixed-use development located at 14825 Ballantyne Village Way in Charlotte. The sales price was undisclosed, but the Charlotte Business Journal reports that the buyers purchased the asset from a limited liability corporation controlled by Vision Ventures and Mount Vernon Asset Management for $43.2 million. Situated near Ballantyne Corporate Park, which recently sold for more than $1 billion, the development features 13 dining options, two schools, personal services providers, office space and outdoor gathering areas. Rob Carter, David Webb, Rad von Werssowetz and Alex Quarrier of Berkeley Capital Advisors represented the seller in the transaction.
ALLEN, TEXAS — Private equity firm Vestar has secured $8.6 million in financing for Twin Creeks Marketplace, a 43,134-square-foot retail center located at 1265 W. Exchange Parkway in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro of Allen. The property, which was developed in 2016, was 100 percent leased at the time of loan closing to anchor Sprouts Farmers Market, as well as tenants such as Verizon Wireless, Starbucks Coffee and Advancial Credit Union. Vestar secured the 15-year loan through Lincoln National Life Insurance Co.
ELLENWOOD, GA. — Hillwood plans to build Clayton Commerce Center, a 797,580-square-foot distribution center located near Interstate 675 in Ellenwood, about nine miles east of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The facility will be Hillwood’s first metro Atlanta project built on a speculative basis. The property will include 36-foot clear heights, an ESFR sprinkler system, cross-dock configuration, 231 trailer storage spaces and 442 parking spaces for automobiles. Clayton County is the only county in metro Atlanta to be designated Tier 1 by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, and Hillwood’s development is expected to offer potential tenants job tax credits and property tax reductions. Hillwood has selected Reliant Real Estate Partners to lease Clayton Commerce Center, which is expected to come on line in December.
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Vesper Holdings has acquired Campus Crossing Sherwood Forest, a 790-bed student housing community located near the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, for $36.5 million. The property comprises one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom units. Community amenities include a 12,000-square-foot clubhouse, swimming pool, hot tub, fitness center, rock wall, spin and yoga studios, a computer lab, game room, movie theater, tanning beds and a volleyball court. The new ownership plans to rebrand the community and execute $1.8 million worth of renovations to units, shared amenities and the property’s exterior. Vesper acquired the asset from an undisclosed, local owner in the off-market transaction.
MEMPHIS, TENN. — NAI Saig and Avison Young have arranged the $33.1 million sale of a nine-property, 1.1 million-square-foot industrial portfolio located within Memphis International Airport Center (MIAC). Faropoint Ventures purchased the portfolio from Connecticut-based Greenfield Partners LLC. The portfolio was 93.1 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as FedEx, Kohler, United States Postal Service and DHL. Brian Califf of NAI Saig represented Faropoint in the transaction, and Shane Soefker and Jacob Biddle of Avison Young represented Greenfield Partners. Faropoint has retained Califf and Elliot Embry of NAI Saig to handle the portfolio’s leasing assignment.
LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS — NAPA Ventures, an Austin-based investment firm, has acquired Treasure Bay Apartments and Oyster Creek Apartments, two multifamily properties totaling 401 units in Lake Jackson, a city roughly 60 miles south of Houston. Both properties are located off Nolan Ryan Expressway and were purchased in partnership with a Dallas-based private equity firm. NAPA plans to upgrade both properties’ landscaping, parking areas, leasing offices and business centers, as well as the interiors of the units.
CARROLLTON, TEXAS — CBRE has brokered the sale of Estrada Apartments, a 244-unit multifamily community located at 1919 Walnut Plaza in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro of Carrollton. Estrada EP LP purchased the property from VTP Realty, an Irving-based firm, for an undisclosed price. The community was 96 percent occupied at the time of sale.
